J.J. Ament said in an interview that he wants to be elected Treasurer of Colorado so that he can use his 10 years of experience as a municipal finance consultant and as an investment banker to eliminate the state’s investment losses. He wants to reform the state’s approach to managing its $6.3 billion in investments. And he promises to invest to maximize returns for taxpayers instead of looking out for the political interests of the Treasurer, governor and General Assembly while making sure they live up to the spirit as well as the letter of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). Ament said